State-by-State Decisions on Health Insurance Exchanges: 50 Statistics on...
Late last week, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that state governors must declare to HHS how they plan to comply with the Affordable Care Act's state exchange requirement by November 16....
View Article5 Spine Device Company 3Q Financial Reports
Here are the financial reports from five spine-driven device companies for the third quarter of 2012.Sign up for our FREE Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!Alphatec Spine...
View ArticleBioventus Leases $5M Office, Creates 44 Jobs
Orthopedic device developer Bioventus will invest $5 million into a new office and manufacturing space in Memphis, Tenn., and will create 44 jobs, according to Area Development.Bioventus is a strategic...
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6 Trends in Scoliosis Treatment & Correction From Dr. Peter Gabos
Peter Gabos, MD, a spine surgeon at Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., discusses the most exciting trends in scoliosis treatment today.Sign up for our FREE Spine...
View Article18 Spine Specialists Focused on Spinal Cord Injury
Here are 18 spine specialists focusing on spinal cord injury. If you would like to recommend a spine specialist for our list, contact Laura at lmiller@beckershealthcare.com.Dirk H. Alander, MD (Saint...
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Becoming an Agent of Change: 4 Steps From Dr. Todd Albert
The healthcare environment is rapidly evolving, creating opportunities for some spine surgeons to succeed while others are left in the dust. Todd Albert, MD, spine surgeon and president of Rothman...
View Article42 Statistics on Independent Physicians From 2000 to 2013
Out of the physician workforce, the portion of independent physicians has dropped from 57 percent in 2000 to a projected 36 percent in 2013, according to a report from American Medical News. Figures...
View ArticleUlrich Releases Posterior Spine Stabilization Implant
Medical device maker ulrich has released its neon Occipito-Cervico-Thoracic System, a spinal implant system for the surgical stabilization and fixation of the posterior regions, according to TMD.The...
View ArticleMedical Device Industry: 3 Ongoing Challenges
Katherine Lin and Payal Keshvani are associates with McGuireWoods LLP law firm in Chicago.Ms. Lin and Ms. Keshvani's practices focus on healthcare transactional and regulatory matters for healthcare...
View ArticleCooper Bone and Joint Institute & Cooper Cancer Institute Open Orthopedic...
Cooper Bone and Join Institute teamed with Cooper Cancer Institute to open the Cooper Orthopaedic Oncology Center in Camden, N.J., according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.The center...
View Article5 Rate Changes for Physicians After Bush Tax Cuts Expire
The Bush Tax Cuts have benefited physician practices for the past decade, but now with President Barack Obama's re-election they will likely expire at the end of the year, according to a report in...
View ArticleZimmer Sues Supplier for Relocating Production
Zimmer is suing its supplier for moving production out of Switzerland, which could cost the orthopedic medical device maker millions in lost sales, according to the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Zimmer...
View ArticleMinimus Spine Raised $1M Financing
Austin, Texas-based Minimus Spine has received $1 million in financing from 19 investors, according to Biz Journals.The company, which is developing ozone injection technology to treat herniated discs,...
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Bringing Two-Level Artificial Cervical Disc Replacement to the US Market: Q&A...
CLDR was founded in France in 2000 and came to the United States in 2005. The company's strategy focused on a few areas of novel treatments to build success in the U.S. market. The company has been...
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Dr. James Lubowitz: 4 Reasons Private Practice is Attractive for Orthopedic...
James H. Lubowitz, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Taos Orthopaedic Institute in Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico, and Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Arthroscopy Journal, practices in a rural area noted as a...
View ArticleStudy: ACOs Cover 10% of Americans
A new study by Oliver Wyman shows that accountable care organizations now cover up to 31 million patients, or about 10 percent of the nation's population. For a healthcare delivery model that came on...
View ArticleAAOS to Lobby Congress on Fiscal Cliff Issues
On November 29, 2012, the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons is hosting a fly-in for its members to lobby Congress on orthopedic issues at the center of fiscal cliff negotiations, such as the...
View ArticleRemedy Informatics Launches Total Joint Replacement Registry
Remedy Informatics has released RemedyJoint, a total joint replacement registry, in the United States, according to an Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine report.The registry...
View ArticleSt. Vincent Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Forms to Advance Orthopedic Coverage
A team of orthopedic surgeons has joined the multispecialty St. Vincent Medical Group in Indiana and will provide care at Monroe Hospital in Bloomington, St. Vincent Dunn Hospital in Bedford and St....
View Article12 Spine Surgeon Leaders With New Hospital Programs
Here are 12 spine surgeons who are leading new hospital spine programs that opened in 2012. If you would like to recommend another surgeon for this list, please contact Laura at...
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